It was time to upgrade again.
New Hardware:
- Intel i7 4790K 4.0/4.4 Ghz Quad Core CPU (Devil's Canyon)
- 4x8 (32GB) Kingston HyperX DDR3-1866 CL10 Black
- EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB
- Crutial MX100 2.5" 512GB SSD
- 3 Additional 3TB Hard Drives
The operating system has been updated to El Capitan 10.11.5
BIOS Settings
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Flashed BIOS to F9
Load User Defaults
Set NumLock OFF
System Information > Intel Virtualization Technology: OFF
System Information > Windows 8 Features: OtherOS <default>
Peripherals > Serial Port A: Disabled
Peripherals > XHCI Handoff: Enabled <default>
Only Target HD (512GB) installed in system
Uniboot USB in USB2 (black) on rear (bottom of motherboard)
INSTALL
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Remove Graphics Card and all HD's not involved in install
Boot from USB (using Clover)
Boots to Installer
Launched DiskUtility and erased 320HD, named ElCapHD
Installed on ElCapHD (16 minutes) - completes and then reboots
<another progress bar>
Welcome!
Select Region, Keyboard, Create Account, Select Time Zone
Arrive at Desktop!
Working:
- About this Mac:
iMac (27-inch Late 2013)
3.99Ghz Intel Core i7
32GB 1777 Mhz DDR3
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB
- Networking
Run Software Update
- Installed iTunes 12.4
Run MultiBeast
QuickStart > UEFI Boot Mode
Drivers > Audio Realtek ALCxxx > ALC898
Drivers > Disk > 3rd Party SATA
Drivers > Disk > 3rd Party eSATA
Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC v6.18-313-g671f3.1c.1707
Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC Plugins v6.18-313-g671f3.1c.1707
Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC HWMonitor Application v6.18-313-g671f3.1c.1707
Drivers > Network > Intel > AppleIntelE1000e v3.3.3
Drivers > USB > 7/8/9 Series USB Support
Bootloaders > Clover v2.3k r3423 UEFI Boot Mode
Customize >System Definitions > iMac > iMac 14,2
Drivers > Graphics > Inject NVIDIA
- Sound
Orange Port is First Line Out in Sound Prefs list
Black Port is Second Line Out in Sound Prefs list
Ensure that both "Output" and "Sound Effects > Play sound effects through" are set to the same Line Out for port in use above
- USB 3 works (speed not verified)
- HW Monitor working
- Installed NVidia Web Drivers for OS X
- Needed to Inject NVidia into Clover to fix colored snow images
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